I've been researching this for about an hour, and I think I'm just getting more confused!

I was at a resale shop today, and I bought an entire camera kit for a really great price. I knew the lens itself was worth more than I paid, so thought "what the heck!" It's an old Minolta srT202 in amazing condition with all of the gadgets to go with it. I thought I could use the lens filters if nothing else, and sell or give the camera itself away.

Anyway, the lens is a MC Rokkor-X PG a:1.4 f-50mm It is one of the lenses that require conversion to work with the A-mount. The lens itself is in really immaculate condition- SUPER clean lens.

I've seen the conversion kits on eBay for 14 or 15.00 USD, but I can't figure out if they need holes drilled to actually fit the lens. Does anyone know how to attach these to the lens itself?

I'm thinking I may be better off just selling this one and buying a 50mm 1.7 on eBay or elsewhere. I don't mind taking things (lenses, computers, etc) apart; I don't have the facilities to do any drilling.

Hi Extrahorizon, I too have the MC Rokkor PG 50mm f/1.4 and it's a very nice piece of glass. However it's not really the best candidate for conversion to a-mount. The easiest to convert are the 58mm MC Rokkor PF f/1.4 and the famous MC Rokkor PG f/1.2 lenses. The mount on these two can be easily replaced with an M42- a-mount adapter; it just requires a little work.I'd keep it with the original mount and either shoot film or use on a NEX body with an adapter.

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Thanks for the input everyone! I've decided to sell this lens, get a decent ROI and move on. I may sell the entire camera kit depending on the shipping costs. I'm really not sure if I would get more with the lens alone! Depends on the shipping I suppose.

I never use the Sony Kit lens; I may as well sell that too. (It's the standard 18-55mm) I thought I'd use it more, but I'm never really in LOVE with the pictures I take with it.

The first adapter you provided a link for is intended to convert M42 screw mount lenses for use on A-mount. The Fotodiox seems also a short teleconverter as well. I wonder if stresskiller might tell us which adapter he used for that picture. I had tried an adapter that had glass in it, but did not like the results; perhaps it was just a cheapie and not very good. I eventually removed the glass and now use it as an extension tube for my older mount Minolta lenses. That works well, but the distances are very short. I likely will hold onto my Minolta lenses until such time that I acquire a NEX.

Mine is also the Rokkor PG model and used to be my go-to lens back in the old SRT film days. I find it does work very well in the macro mode with the extension/adapter and would recommend it for that purpose. Here are a few images from that arrangement...

And one from the old days using slide film and the SRT with a diffusion filter.

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